mDeclaration: Mobile Payment of Taxes

Client: International Finance Corporation

Need: Facilitate payment of turnover tax by micro and small enterprises for the Rwanda Revenue Authority

Response: Designed and managed development of mobile-based tax calculation and payment solution, which collected 13 million USD in the pilot period

  • Designed and supervised development of a mobile-based system to pay new turnover tax
  • Piloted the system with moto taxi drivers
  • System resulted in the following benefits for users:
    • Reduced compliance cost and time
    • Removed opportunity for abuse
    • Allowed for single transaction
  • System resulted in the following benefits for tax authority:
    • Freed up tax administrator time
    • Broadened the tax base
    • Improved service to micro and small enterprises